sometimes

adv

/ˈsʌm.taɪmz/

Etymology

From Middle English sumtymes, somtymes, som tymes, equivalent to sometime + -s (adverbial suffix). Compare West Frisian somstiden (“sometimes”), Dutch somtijds, somwijlen (“sometimes”).

inherited from sumtymes

Definitions

1
On some occasions, over some periods, or in certain circumstances, but not always.
- Sometimes I sit and think, but mostly I just sit.
- It is good that we sometimes be contradicted, and ill though of, and that we always bear it well, even when we deserve to be well spoken of : perfect peace and security cannot be had in this world.
2
On a certain occasion in the past
On a certain occasion in the past; once.
- What art thou that vſurp’ſt this time of night, / Together with that Faire and Warlike forme / In which the Maieſty of buried Denmarke / Did ſometimes march : By Heauen I charge thee ſpeake.
- For yee were sometimes darkenesse, but now are yee light in the Lord: walke as children of light […]
3
Former
Former; sometime.
- Farewell old Gaunt, thy ſometimes brothers wife / With her companion Greefe, muſt end her life.

The neighborhood

neighborsometime

Derived

Homer sometimes nods, sometimes a cigar is a cigar, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, sometimes food, sometimes you eat the bear and sometimes the bear eats you

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for sometimes. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA